DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND POETS Byron,Shelley and Keats didn’t approve of French revolution. 1st generation was woman,east and child oriented but 2nd generation studied pain in life and sang song of rebellious heroes. Second generation poets remained revolutionary in some sense of throughout their poetic career. (unlike first generation)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY born in London in 1792 educated at Oxford and interested in science. begin to questioning the everything co-authored the Necessity of Atheism caused to dismiss from Oxford Died in 1822
Shelley was described ; The most revolutionary The most non-conformist individualist, idealist
rejected institutions of family,church,marriage,and Christian faith rebelled against all forms of tyranny Shelley’s ideas were anarchic His desire was for political and social reform. So; his poems address social and political issues
He believed that poetry was a force for good both for the individual and society. Thorough his poetry he could change his fellow men and change to the world. ‘A defence of poetry’ is an essay which Shelley argues that poetry can reform the world.
His lyric poems are excellent in beauty, glory and mastery of language Shelley adored intellectual beauty. We can see this in his “Hymn to intellectual beauty” poem He also builds the nature on intellect.
Shelley was the poet of hope so he believed in changing the world He brought consolotion for people. In “To The West Wind”, line 7, “winged seeds” presents images of flying and freedom. Here the word of “seeds” is important because it shows even death, new life will grow out of the grave.
“Queen Mab”(1813);set forth a radical system of curing social ills by advocating the destruction of various established institutions. attacks such evils commerce the monarchy, marriage, religion and the eating the meat (He proposes republicanism, free love, atheism and vegetarianism )
“The Revolt of Islam”(1817);shows the growth of the human mind aspiring toward perfection. is an allegoric poem transfers a highly personalized version of the French revolution into an oriental setting introduces the theme of struggle and renewal **in both poems, he shows his political passion
“Adonais”(1821); is his great elegy A greater strength and precision in language Written in memory of Keats asserts the immortality of beauty
His lyrical drama; “Prometheus Unbound”; combined soaring lyricism with an apocalyptic political vision.
His lyrics poems; Ode to the West Wind Ode to Liberty To a Skylark The Cloud
Shortly; Shelly’s poetry reveals his philosophy A combination of belief in the power of human love and reason Faith in perfectibility Ultimate progress of man
JOHN KEATS born in London in 1795 a serious of personal tragedies took little formal education became friend with Shelley and his first poem was published.This introduced him into important literary circles impressed by the beautiful rugged landscape died in 1821
Odes of Keats Ode to Psyche Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to a Nightingale Ode on Melancholy To Autumn
Keats’s poems are songs of pain Keats’s poems are songs of pain. He wrote ‘Terror of Death’ a little time before he died. Keats is the poem of beauty. According to him, beauty isn’t temporary, it's everlasting and what the thing is beautiful is the reality and also a person can mature by experiencing pain was a pure and fine poet. He never presented a political or religious idea. He wrote universal poems.
Endymion "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever Its loveliness encreases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for you and sleep"
Keats was influenced by Greece and Hellenistic culture in “Ode On a Grecian Urn”; he told us that life can change but art never.
He recorded his thoughts on poetry, love, philosophy and people, events of day. He also wrote letters. Many of the letters include valuable commentaries on his work and give a profound insight into his artistic development.
So let me spoke of your beauty Why may I not speak of your Beauty, since without that I could never have loved you. I cannot conceive any beginning of such love as I have for you but Beauty. There may be a sort of love for which, without the least sneer at it, I have the highest respect and can admire it in others: but it has not the richness, the bloom, the full form, the enchantment of love after my own heart. So let me speak of your Beauty, though to my own endangering; if you could be so cruel to me as to try elsewhere its Power. You say you are afraid I shall think you do not love me - in saying this you make me ache the more to be near you. I am at the diligent use of my faculties here, I do not pass a day without sprawling some blank verse or tagging some rhymes; and here I must confess, that, (since I am on that subject,) I love you the more in that I believe you have liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a Poem and to be given away by a Novel. A letter to fanny Brawn written on July 8th,1819
Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” John Keats’ “Ode to Autumn”
Shelly describes it deadly changes caused by the autumnal wind with an expectation for the following spring and revival. Seasonal process means possible revolutionary changes both in his life and his country.
Keats’ autumn is a drowsy and fertile sonata instead of expecting something better to come in the future. He just finds beauty in what he still has today, because he knew that these feelings will be over
Shelley expects better future and continue living with the his hopes for the changes. Keats’ pessimistic thoughts who live what they have today and silently leave the world
Why does Keats appear a more timeless phenomenon than his great contemporaries_?
Keats’s thoroughgoing naturalistic humanism Keats’s thoroughgoing naturalistic humanism. He spoke of nothing more than what we already are. He roused us from the sleep of death to show us we are at home in a nature fitted to our minds. possessed ‘Negative Capability’ that is, man is capable of being uncertainties mysteries, doubts.It is a capacity for disinterestedness.
GEORGE GORDON BYRON born in London in 1788 born lame and limps all of his life educated at Harrow then Cambridge his wife left him just before the birth of Ada .This caused he became a social outcast. left England and never back again.
in Geneva,Percy Shelley and his stepsister, Claire, joined him Claire and Byron had a daughter joined Greece revolt against Turks died in 1824
BYRON’S WORKS She Walks in Beauty Ode on Venice Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Don Juan
Refused to accept social codes and conventions Byron embodied the romantic sprit and gave it a recognizable face. His good looks, his lameness and his flamboyant lifestyle made him a Byronic legend Byronic hero: a gloomy Unsatisfied Social outcast A wanderer in his foreign land A fighter against social injustice. Refused to accept social codes and conventions
He was the poet of vanity Lord Byron invested the romantic lyric with a rationalist irony. Byron’s Don Juan is a satire against modern civilization and shares many of the aims and methods of pope.
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